Wireless audience led wristband
The wireless version of the audience interaction LED wristband, given to me by Vince the crew chief for our exploration.…
Cheapest dancing flame teardown
It's a long time since the first (expensive) Luminara style dancing-flame candles first appeared, apparently based on the patented candle…
Ordinary product with iconic component
Whenever I take things like this to bits I just kinda expect to see this old Motorola chip inside. It's…
Ir controlled concert led wristband
Since the Xyloband was used on Coldplay concerts in 2012, the use of interactive audience illumination gadgets has become common…
Out of date self-heating chinese meal at work
The things we do backstage... This self heating meal bought by Vince the crew-chief was very out of date, largely…
Inside a phytosun ultrasonic oil atomiser – with schematic
They seem to be dumping these things on eBay at the moment. I wonder if that's due to poor sales…
Zappy and tingly tetris toy
Yet another grey import shipped with an unsuitable power supply, made somewhat worse by the conductive metal parts and target…
Why ceramic capacitors fail
The reason modern MLCC (Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitors) fail so often is due to excessive miniaturisation. Each capacitor is composed…
Over-cheapened trashy led bulb
While I can appreciate the desire of the manufacturer of this style of bulb to make production cheaper, I think…
Inside a lidl bottle security device
Having accidentally ended up with a (paid for!) bottle locked shut with one of these security caps, it suddenly became…